Páginas de formação: o jornal O Globo(1889-1890) e a construção da intelectualidade maranhense

Abstract

The absence of a consolidated Brazilian literary tradition in the early centuries prompted writers and readers to seek external references, with a notable predominance of French influence. The French novel not only influenced national production but also shaped the tastes and reading habits of a public still in formation. In this context, the newspaper emerged as the primary vehicle for literary dissemination, where the inclusion of the feuilleton (serialized novels published at the bottom of the page) played a central role. In Maranhão, this practice was fundamental to the construction of a local intelligentsia, as the periodical press democratized access to foreign works and served as a laboratory for regional literary criticism and creation. In view of this, the present work proposes to investigate the impact of the French novel on the 19th-century Maranhão press, focusing on the newspaper O Globo (1889-1890), analyzing how the periodical contributed to the formation of a critical reading society and the consolidation of autonomous intellectual thought. To this end, a qualitative-quantitative approach is adopted, with a historiographical and analytical character, using primary sources from the Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira and secondary sources from academic databases such as CAPES and SciELO. The theoretical framework will be guided by the studies of Abreu (2006), Barros (2023), Candido (2007), Hallewell (2017), and Meyer (1996)